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Live Q&As
Q&A Transcript for Part 1 of Top Secret America (July 19)
Q&A Transcript for Part 2 of Top Secret America (July 20)
Q&A Transcript for Part 3 of Top Secret America (July 21)
Q&A Transcript for Part 4 of Top Secret America (December 20)
Your Take: Crime vs. Homeland Security (December 20)
Part 1: July 19, 2010
- A hidden world, growing beyond control
July 19, 2010
- Photo gallery: An alternative geography
July 18, 2010
Part 2: July 20, 2010
- National Security Inc.
July 20, 2010
- Photo gallery: The role of private contractors
July 20, 2010
- Video: Help Wanted: Professionals with security clearances
July 20, 2010
Part 3: July 21, 2010
- The secrets next door
July 21, 2010
- Photo gallery: In our back yards
July 20, 2010
Part 4: December 20, 2010
- Monitoring America
Dec. 20, 2010
- Photo gallery: Counterterrorism on Main Street
Dec. 20, 2010
Reference
- Types of top-secret work
July 19, 2010
- Gallery: Anti-deception technologies
July 18, 2010
- Methodology and credits
July 18, 2010
- A note on this project
July 18, 2010
- Frontline video
July 18, 2010
- The Washington Post's press release
July 18, 2010
- Updates, changes, corrections
July 18, 2010
"Top Secret America" is a project nearly two years in the making that describes the huge national security buildup in the United States after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. | Read More »
More than a dozen Washington Post journalists spent two years developing Top Secret America. | See the details »
Video
Top Secret America on Frontline
A short video from PBS’s FRONTLINE on The Post’s two-year investigation. An hour-long documentary film is forthcoming. Watch the trailer »
The reporters
Dana Priest
Investigative reporter Dana Priest has been The Washington Post's intelligence, Pentagon and health-care reporter. She has won numerous awards, including the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for public service for "The Other Walter Reed" and the 2006 Pulitzer for beat reporting for her work on CIA secret prisons and counterterrorism operations overseas. She is author of the 2003 book, "The Mission: Waging War and Keeping Peace With America's Military, (W.W. Norton).
William M. Arkin
William M. Arkin has been a columnist and reporter with The Washington Post and washingtonpost.com since 1998. He has worked on the subject of government secrecy and national security affairs for more than 30 years. He has authored or co-authored more than a dozen books about the U.S. military and national security.
Project Credits
Stephanie Clark, Ben de la Cruz, Kat Downs, Dan Drinkard, Anne Ferguson-Rohrer, Justin Ferrell, David Finkel, Jennifer Jenkins, Robert Kaiser, Laris Karklis, Jacqueline Kazil, Lauren Keane, Todd Lindeman, Greg Manifold, Jennifer Morehead, Bonnie Jo Mount, Larry Nista, Ryan O’Neil, Sarah Sampsel, Whitney Shefte, Laura Stanton, Julie Tate, Doris Truong, Nathaniel Vaughn Kelso, Michael Williamson, Karen Yourish, Amanda Zamora.
Contact Us
Phone: 202-334-9300
E-mail: topsecretamerica@washpost.com